User talk:Jeedew

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Help me!
Hello, I just created my first article yesterday for artist Annie Preece. I included a selfie, taken by the artist during filming, and used as a promotional photo by the Oxygen Network for the TV show, "Street Art Throwdown" earlier this year. The photo file was sent to the artist by NBC during the airing of the show for her to freely use for show promotion, social media, website, etc. (View it on her home page here.)

I got an email a couple hours later stating this photo violates copyright rules so I wrote back and explained. However, the photo was still deleted with no further comment. I then uploaded several other photos that were my own, but did not link them to the page. All were deleted for the same reason. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong with the images. Formatting the page seems simple compared to the instructions for inserting images! I don't get it, what am I doing wrong? Do I need to get letters of permission or am I just missing something obvious here?

Thanks.

Please help me with...

Jeedew (talk) 00:01, 21 July 2015 (UTC)


 * You should probably ask the Commons admin that deleted your images for a more detailed explanation since regular Wikipedia editors like me (and you) cannot see deleted content on the Commons and thus cannot comment with full certainty on why those images might have been copyright violations. From what you said above, the copyright for that selfie would belong to Preece, and while Preece may have the right to use that image for any purpose, there is no indication that Preece has allowed everybody to freely re-use and modify the image for any purpose, including commercial purposes - that would be required for the Commons to accept the image (Wikipedia itself does not accept non-free images of living persons, either). See WP:Requesting copyright permission for details on how you can ask Preece to confirm to the Commons that she did release the image under a free license. Regarding commons:File:Black Market Wine Label.jpg I can only speculate, but if it was this image or something similar, while you may have taken the photo yourself, unless you are Preece you do not own the copyright for the artwork depicted in that photo and violate Preece' copyright by publishing a photo of her work. Huon (talk) 00:40, 21 July 2015 (UTC)